Toy



June 4, 1929.

-E. ERICKSON TOY Filed June 8, 1928 EErzb/i'a'wgmmm I 'ATTQRNEY PatentedJune 4, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

. EDDIE ERICKSON, OF DE LAMERE, N ORTH DAKOTA.

TOY.

Application filed June 8, 1928. Serial No; 283,880.

My present invention has reference to a toy milch cow.

The object of the invention is the provision of a figure representing acow and of a 5 figure representing a man for milking the cow, togetherwit-h motor operated means arranged in the cow figure and which includescrank operated rods movable through the teats of the udder of the cowfigure and connected to the hands on the pivoted arms of the figurerepresenting the milker of the cow for imparting a reciprocatorymovement to such hands and arms to simulate the milking of the cow. 5The drawings which accompany and form part of this applicationillustrate the improvement.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hollow fig- 20 urerepresenting a cow with parts broken away and parts in section.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1.

On a hollow base 1, I mount a hollow figure 2 shaped to represent a cow.Also on the base arranged transversely with respect to the figure 2 andseated on a stool 3 there is a figure 4 representing a person who issupposed to milk the cow. The figure 4 has pivotally connected thereto,as at 5, arms 6, which, of course, merge into hands. Arrangedtransversely in the hollow figure 1 and finding bearings in the sidesthereof there is a winding shaft 6 for a spring motor 7. On the shaft 6there is a gear 8 which is in mesh with a hollow gear 9. On the gear 9there is secured a longitudinally extending shaft 10.

One end of the shaft 10 finds a bearing in the opening in the rear ofthe figure and the end thereof provided with the gear 9 passes through abearing opening in a transverse plate 11 that is secured to the sides ofthe hollow figure 1. The shaft 10 has two oppositely directed crankedportions 12 and 18, respectively, and to each of these crank portionsthere is secured the eye ends of depending rods 14 and 15, respectively.These rods pass through two of the teats 16 of the udder 17 of the cowfigure and are fixedly secured to the hand ends of the arms 6..

Manifestly the unwinding of the spring 7 Will turn the gear 8 to rot-atethe gear 9 and consequently the shaft 10. This imparts a reciprocatorymovement to the rods 14 and 15 in a vertical direction and a similar1nove- Inent to the arms 6 on the figure 4 and such movement simulatesthe milking of a cow.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A toy comprising a hollow figure representing a cow, a coil springhaving one end secured in the figure, a winding shaft journaledtransversely through the figure and to which the second and inner end ofthe coil spring is secured, a gear on the winding shaft, a second gearin mesh with the first mentioned gear, a longitudinally extending shaftjour naled in bearings and secured to the last mentioned gear, saidshaft having oppositely disposed cranked portions, :1. rod looselysecured on each of the cranked portions passing through the teats of theudder of the cow, a second figure arranged transversely with respect tothe first mentioned figure and having pivoted arms that merge into handswhich are secured to the lower ends of the rods.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDDIE ERICKSON.

